Mission Accomplished
The 2015 ANZ Suva Badminton Open tournament achieved the objectives set out by the Fiji Badminton Association.
The tournament which ended last Saturday saw 86 participants taking part with 14 winners named in three grades.
Fiji Badminton Association vice-president Alvin De Asa said the tournament was a success and got them on track to prepare a team for future tournaments.
“The tournament was really a success, especially with most our participants being students,” De Asa said.
“We have basically achieved two things that we wanted. The first one was to involve more youths to help rebuild badminton and bring in new talent that we can develop from a young age.
“We want to prepare our youths for future tournaments and having such a big number of those youths interested in the sport is a good start for us.
Participants will now be preparing for the upcoming Secondary Schools Competition in August followed by the Fiji Open in October.
Results: A Grade (Men Singles): Jason Low beat Shivneil Chand 21-18 and 21-12.
Ladies: (Singles) Teitiria Utimawa beat Tinabora Tekeiaki 21-14 and 24-22.
Men; (Doubles) Steven Low/Jason Low beat Jeffrey Ing/Peter Liu, 21-15, 21-18.
Ladies: (Doubles) Teitiria Utimawa/ Tinabora Tekeiaki beat Carline Bently/Shannon Quai Hoi, 21-18 and 21-11.
Mixed: (Doubles) Chrisantha Fernando/Teitiria Utimawa beat Jeffrey Ing/ Tinabora Tekeiaki, 21-17,21-15.
B Grade: Men (Singles) Yao Yao Liu beat Bao Li; 21-17, 8-21 and 21-9.
Ladies: (Singles) Shizu Sakamoto beat Dailene De Asa, 21-9, 21-9.
Mens: (Doubles) Alvin De Asa/ Jay De Asa beat Alfred Macmac Azli Aishaari, 21-18 and 21-12.
Ladies: (Doubles) Dailene De Asa/ Monica Fong beat Britney Harmnam/Monica Chan, 23-21, 22-20;
Mixed: (Doubles) Jay De Asa and Irish De Asa beat Neville Keil and Shizu Sakamoto, 21-13 and 21-11.
C Grade: Mens (Doubles) Kevin and Jarod Chung beat Ashutosh Mohan and Young Joe, 21-18.
Ladies: (Doubles) Sejuti Saha/ Carmen Loo beat Aurora Sami/Fischer Liao 21-16.
Mixed: (Doubles) Carmen Loo/ Rajal Kumar beat Lindsay Alamu/Fischer Liao 21-16.
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